Nearly 700 students started the school year in newly repaired Salvation Army school buildings. The Haiti Recovery and Development School Renovation and Construction team worked hard during the summer months to start, and finish, repairs on four of six priority schools scheduled for improvements in 2011. Not only were project […]
Indiana EDS Director Returns To Haiti
It will soon be one year since Jerry Larsen, Salvation Army Indiana Disaster Services Director returned home to Indiana after serving post-earthquake in Haiti. The Disaster Response team left Indpls. International Airport PAP bound only one week after the earthquake, with the assignment of serving a 2 week rotation in […]
The Salvation Army in Haiti One Year Later, the Work Continues
The January 2010 earthquake in Haiti spurred The Salvation Army’s largest disaster relief effort since the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2005. During the past 12 months, The Salvation Army has provided the following services to the people of Haiti: · 7.9 million meals · 1.5 million gallons of fresh water […]
Haiti: 6 Months Later
The Salvation Army will complete the construction of 600 housing shelters through the Transitional Shelter Program in Jacmel, Haiti this week, to assist in relocating earthquake-displaced Haitians back to their home communities. Over the past six months The Salvation Army has transitioned from providing for immediate needs, including temporary shelter, […]